Virtual Exhibits

In 1997, the Archives Society of Alberta launched its first virtual exhibit in honour of Archives Week. The “W" files contained Weird, Warped and Wacky offerings from archives throughout the province. Based on the enthusiastic feedback received about this exhibit, the ASA has launched a new virtual exhibit each year in October in conjunction with Archives Week. Subsequent offerings have included: Extreme Archives, Women Who Made a Difference, and What Makes us Canadian?

Welcome to Letters from the Trunk, an exciting opportunity to learn about the men and women who settled in the Canadian West in the first half of the twentieth century. This website includes instructional strategies and activity suggestions for secondary grades, but it does include one elementary and one French unit. Flash Player 7 required.

Archival institutions of the present dust off images of futuristic innovation and technology from long ago in Historic Hi-Tech, the 2008 Archives Week virtual exhibit that features submissions from 20 archives around Alberta.

During Archives Week 2007, a virtual menagerie takes over when Alberta's archives unleash the family pets, working animals, untamed wildlife and exotic creatures from the past that normally lurk quietly in the stacks. Beware!

In honour of Alberta’s one-hundredth birthday, the Archives Week 2005 exhibit explores the different roles Alberta plays in the national scene, including its participation in events such as Expo 67, Royal Visits, Canada Day celebrations, and Olympic competitions. This exhibit also includes lesson plans for the Grade 4 Alberta Social Studies curriculum. Flash Player 7 required.

For Archives Week 2003, the exhibit looks at Alberta's architectural achievements both great and small, from Frank Lloyd Wright's Banff Pavilion to the Calgary Tower, from scenes of the first Legislature to houses real and imagined.

Tuck into the Archives Week 2002 exhibit for a menu filled with images of tasty treats, delectable morsels, and other nourishing tidbits from Alberta’s culinary past that can be found in Alberta’s archival institutions.

For those who thought that archival institutions are filled with boring documents, Archives Week 2000 illustrates the “passion preserved” within their walls. Explore agitation, love, obsession, grief, and other emotions expressed in the records preserved by archival institutions.

In honour of Archives Week 1998, Alberta's archives invite you to slip into the past and share a day in the life of several unique Albertans, including a soldier, a judge, a suffragette, and a monarchist among others.

Online Resources

Connect to the ASA Community

The Archives Society of Alberta has over forty Institutional Members from across the province. To find an archives in a specific area in Alberta or to learn more about our members, visit our directory.

The ASA has Asa-l, a listserv for Alberta's archival community to post announcements of interest, including job postings, exhibit openings, questions about archival practice, launches of online and other projects, and other archives-related news.